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Mara Wilson Biography

Mara Elizabeth Wilson (born July 24, 1987) is an American writer and former child actress. She is known for playing Natalie Hillard in Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), Susan Walker in Miracle on 34th Street (1994), Matilda Wormwood in Matilda (1996) and Lily Stone in Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2000). Since retiring from film acting, Wilson has focused on writing.

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I guess I was a philosophical child.

Child, Children, Guess, Philosophical

Children change a lot in terms of personality. Camaraderie that you feel with somebody might not be there a year later.

Camaraderie, Children, Personality, Somebody, Year, Years

The best times I had on film sets were the times the director let me express myself, but those were rare.

Director, Directors, Express, Film, Let Me, Sets

Sure, I love to read, and I love to learn, but I was always nerdy that way.

Love To Read, Nerdy, Read, Way

I've always really loved stories told from the point of view of children.

Children, Loved, Stories, View, Views

I don't know if I'm always going to be acting. Maybe when I grow up, I will be a scriptwriter. I already have a few scripts in my head.

Acting, Grow, Growing Up, Head, Maybe, Scripts

People want to bring kids to their level, and they want to make it seem like kids have this thing. It's seen as funny to them.

Bring, Kids, Levels, Like, People, Seen

When my oldest brother started acting. From there, I wanted to act myself. That's the long story short.

Acting, Brother, Long, Oldest, Short, Story

If I were really really ridiculously wealthy, I wouldn’t buy a mansion, just tiny apartments in every city I love.

Actresses, Cities, Mansion, Ridiculously, Tiny, Wealthy

I'd rather be known for my accomplishments, and for things that I really do take pride in, rather than known for this doll-like image I had when I was a child.

Accomplishment, Accomplishments, Children, Known, Pride, Things

I thought I started acting at 5 or 6, it was really when they were interviewing real families for a toothpaste commercial. They interviewed our family.

Acting, Families, Interviewed, Real, Thought, Toothpaste

I've been accused of being pretentious and insufferable, and I don't really know what I can say about that. I never got good grades in school, but I did read the dictionary for fun. That was just the kind of stuff that I liked to do. I can't apologize for that.

Fun, Liked, Read, School, Stuff

No, you will never see me on 'Dancing With the Stars. ' Sorry.

Dancing, See, Sorry, Stars

I've never considered myself cool, and I don't think I ever will be. Honestly, it's better that way. It's much less pressure.

Considered, Pressure, Think, Thinking, Way

I had people in 'Entertainment Weekly' talking about how they wanted to throttle me because they thought I was too disgustingly cute, as if that were my fault, you know, as if that was my fault, not the fault of directors and producers and such.

Cute, People, Talking, Throttle

Here is something no real celebrity will ever tell you: film acting is not very fun. Doing the same thing over and over again until, in the directors eyes, you get it right does not allow for very much creative freedom. . . In terms of sheer adrenaline, film has absolutely nothing on theater.

Adrenaline, Eye, Fun, Real, Right

Whereas when I was a teenager, other teenagers didn't want anything to do with me. It was even like that in college to a degree. People of that age don't want anything to do with their childhood, because they had put away childish things, and they're trying to distance themselves.

Away, Childhood, College, Distance, Teenager

That's my suggestion for kids who want to act, by the way: Make sure it's really your choice, get out of it when it stops being fun, and get an education.

Fun, Kids, Choices, Education

It is annoying when people call me Matilda instead of my name when they actually know my name, because you know, we are two different people. But what can you do?

Annoying, Different, Know, Names, People, Two

Children change a lot in terms of personality. Camaraderie that you feel with somebody might not be there a year later. That group might not have the same chemistry. So I completely understand why they're rushing into it, because they probably feel like they have to.

Chemistry, Children, Personality, Rushing, Years

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